Mark Replay Hotkey sets the hotkey to allow you to mark the start of the Replay Shot. Basically it sets the In point. Update Replay ... updates the Replay not just the in point. Set the Replay to show in Preview and it might be easier to see the difference.

I'm confused, if I set an in point won't the replay will be as long as it takes to get to the point when I hit create a replay? UNLESS it exceeds the 30 seconds or whatever i have set for the default length in which case I guess it stops or updates the in point automatically? But really if I'm hitting that mark before what I see as a potential replay then it would most likely always be way less than 30 seconds unless I need a lot of extra footage after the play. And if I decide not to create a replay shouldn't it just carry on and delete the clip after the default 30 seconds? OR does update replay move the default out point down 30 seconds from that point or whatever length I set in the configuration?

I still don't get what it's doing. Is it moving the default out point down to align with the new mark in point?

What is the point of trying to update a replay shot you've already created? All you would have to do is just not create a replay and keep hitting the mark in point then only hit the create replay when something happens worthy of replaying

Okay, I think it might be better not to have it live until I actually create a replay since that's when I need it. And since it automatically goes to preview after hitting create anyway, I see no benefit to using update. In fact it could be a problem since more times than not I won't create a replay and then I'll have to take it out of preview.

CraigS Yea, well if that's what it's there for, it really seems like an odd feature. I know we'll never use it. Seems like software developers don't spend enough time with people who actually use the software. If they did, they probably would have made the replay template work like it did in 6 instead of making that rather useless update feature. That said, I do like the improvements a lot and Telestream is the most stable software for this stuff. I'm just hard on everyone, it's a curse.

George Giles Often features are added if there's interest expressed from a contingent of users but it may be a very small sampling. This is why filling out the Feature Request Form is important (influential).